Hi, I've just been talking to some of the people on #debian about this and we've agreed that API changes (e.g. those from 4.2 to 4.4) without soname bumps are a serious bug. Unfortunately, it looks like upstream doesn't behave sanely in this area. As the Debian maintainer, are you aware of any upstream discussions about this or would it be worthwhile me taking the time to talk to upstream, either through you or not depending on your preference. Can we do something like this if upstream don't want to fix it before vtk5?
http://www.netfort.gr.jp/~dancer/column/libpkg-guide/libpkg-guide.html#upstreambrokensoname It looks like Cmake can cope with SONAME changes in a sane manner so this may be possible... Would you accept help in this matter so that we can manage API transitions more gracefully in future? I haven't upgraded the bug to serious as it will affect the C++ transition when it occurs; I'll leave it up to you what to do with that. Cheers, Mark -- Mark Hymers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> "I got off at Durham... and fell in love with it instantly. Why, it's wonderful - a perfect little city. If you have never been to Durham, go there at once. Take my car. It's wonderful." Notes from a Small Island, Bill Bryson
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